Slanted Glass Resource?

[gosu_john]

Hey you guys,

I'm really into a school project right now and its an animal assisted therapy centre for the elderly. I'm a Year 3 student and part of the deliverables is that we do a 1:20 detailing of a section through a particular part of our building that shows our concept and intent.

So the concept of my project is 'movement and rhythm' and how through visual connectivity and the usage of structure and light intensity/brightness&darkness can help stimulate the elderly and get them walking with the dogs to aid in the therapy process.

So in this section, I'm looking at using a slanted glass wall to enable the people on the second level to be able to look down and see what's going on on the ground level's garden/communal area. That visual connection would go towards encouraging their participation in activities with the aid of their therapy animals, in this case, dogs.

I'm looking for any case studies or built projects which utilises this form of 'slanted glass'. Anyone know of any projects? :cheers:

[takesh h]

This may not be an answer you are looking for, but isn't it better if you don't have a slanted glass wall there at all? I mean, the first and second floors are visually and physically better connected without the slanted glass wall?
You can't just have a slanted wall to prevent prople from falling off, you need handrails or something similar there anyway; and if you have handrails, the slanted glass walls seem to be just an obstacle to the view.

What came to my mind first was HongKong Shanghai Bank (http://www.fosterandpartners.com/) (1979-86) by Foster and how its "glass underbelly" conneted the ten storey high atrium and the plaza below.
they have Quicktime movie and 360IPIX there so you can see what I am talking about.
Normally there should be a concrete slab in the position of the glass membrane, but the suspended structure made the visual connection possible.
In your case, you are putting something into where usually nothing is placed, so it really doesn't matter if it is transparant or not, the connection was made less direct by that action.
BTW I'm going to HongKong next months so if you want any particular detail shot of HongKong Shanghai Bank, let me know.

[cobberman]

Im in agreement with takesh, i dont think you need the glazing to separate the two levels. I belive you can strenthen the relationship between the floors by not only allowing the visual connection which you aim to do, but allow the auditory connection as well.

[gosu_john]

Hi guys,

both of you are right. I eventually steered away from the use of the slanted glass feature. Though I did manage to find another building, the Seattle Library which uses a slanted glass but that had a heavy looking honeycomb structuring system.

I'm 2 days away from my 3rd year submission and I haven't started on my model. :puke: Touching up the final detailings now and here's a test render to show what eventually became of this section across the building.

[takesh h]

when time is short, go for black & white.
Will save some time of color scheme and I know you are good at chiaroscuro.

[trogers]

I eventually steered away from the use of the slanted glass feature. Though I did manage to find another building, the Seattle Library which uses a slanted glass but that had a heavy looking honeycomb structuring system.

If you believe in something, don't let it die because there necessarily isn't a good precedent...I wouldn't compare the scale and size of your angled glazing to Seattle Library's. Seattle's is the exterior facade that spans 8 storys with shifts and folds. Yours is only a 15 ft. segment that can be anchored easily.

I'm not saying you didn't make the right decision at this point...but don't think it cannot be done.

[gosu_john]

when time is short, go for black & white.
Will save some time of color scheme and I know you are good at chiaroscuro.

Not sure what you mean by chiaroscuro takesh, but Ive since posted up the boards for this project at the Hypothetical section. Perhaps you could go take a look :)